Chapter 47 Part6 (1/2)
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Everyone shut their eyes tightly at the blinding light. The undead curse, which had built and built over dozens of years, had been converted into the highest level of light by Dark Shadow; a light so powerful that it couldn't be cla.s.sified as either intermediate or high rank.
[Keuk!]
[Gyaahk!]
It didn't matter how much you trained your body if you were to face it. Only Lee s.h.i.+n Woo, who had reached peak darkness mastery, could deal with it somewhat. Fortunately, it didn't target his party.
With the help of the Proof of Death, he'd changed the cannon's trajectory; it possessed enough light to topple a country, and that very light went towards the capital in a gentle curve.
He'd converted all of the acc.u.mulated energy into light, and he would return it to its creator... It was a plausible ending.
[The Heaven Defying Flag Bearer (+5) has been destroyed. Your Bone Reinforcement is not at a high enough level yet to absorb it. Repairing it is possible.]
”Of course it'd be destroyed.”
While he vacantly watched the arc of light, he heard the sound of the hundred meter tall bone cannon begin to break apart and simultaneously received that message.
Lee s.h.i.+n Woo had expected this to happen and merely smiled bitterly. He hadn't let out a tester or anything; he'd discharged all of cannon's acc.u.mulated energy at once. It would be stranger if it hadn't broken after releasing all that energy.
Once the cannon was finished releasing all its energy, it broke into pieces and fell to the ground. Lee s.h.i.+n Woo picked up the pieces of the Heaven Defying Flag Bearer and placed them into his inventory. When he'd reached level 8, his inventory had expanded, so he was able to store all of the pieces.
”s.h.i.+n Woo, you always go above and beyond my imagination when solving problems. It's thrilling. Though I don't miss it.”
”You don't need to miss it.”
Kratia, who had just watched from start to finish, came over to him with a vacant expression and said.
Lee s.h.i.+n Woo pushed her aside, as she looked kind of out of it. While doing so, Kratia spoke unexpectedly.
”I think I gleaned something from that. There's something beyond what I was seeking.”
”Oh, really?”
”It was an element. If an element is brought to its maximum potential, it then evolves into more of a concept than an amalgamation of mana, right?”
”R-Right... You really pieced that together from just watching that beam?”
”Thanks, s.h.i.+n Woo. You gave me some hints and a clear view of it right in front of me.”
As expected, geniuses were different. Lee s.h.i.+n Woo had barely come to that realization after acquiring an innate element, yet Kratia, who was a human without Bone Reinforcement, was able to figure something out from watching his Dark Shadow first hand. He was astonished by her findings.
”...Given time and a budget, I should be able to do it too.”
”There's plenty of time in the future.”
”I'm not talking about the time I have left.”
Because the shot was so powerful, the light remained in the air, as if it were a mirage. Kratia pointed to the mirage, no, the capital it was aimed at and said.
”Your battle's already begun. We don't have much time left here.”
”Ah, so that's what you were talking about.”
He couldn't help but nod. If the Emperor just sat back and did nothing after getting attacked by that barrage of light, then he wouldn't be an Emperor; he'd be an idiot.
The final battle was approaching. Even though Kratia was a genius, she wouldn't be able to obtain an innate element in that short period of time. There was an absolute limit to one's level.
”If only you could use Bone Reinforcement on me too...”
”I'll use it on you later if I can. For now, let's clean up and talk about how we're going to take down that p.i.s.sed off Emperor... Huh?”
In any case, they'd taken care of the foremost problem, so Lee s.h.i.+n Woo had planned on taking care of Arema Steelworker himself. But he was shocked when he turned around. Even Wild Card couldn't predict this situation.
[K-Keoheok...!]
[K-Kuhaaaah...!]
Chi Paul's sharp nails were penetrating through Arema's face and stomach. Lee s.h.i.+n Woo could tell that its nails were piercing through Arema's core.
He wasn't the only one. The other Chi Pauls were inflicting severe wounds to the other golems as well. Dana was helping them, sure, but how did they manage this in such a short period of time? Lee s.h.i.+n Woo briefly felt it to be strange, but he understood when he saw the Chi Pauls crying b.l.o.o.d.y tears.
[Kahaaahk!]
[My eyes... My eyes hurt.]
[It'll get better. Lord Paul Zero is watching us. So, concentrate on your revenge!]
The light that had just recently flooded the city. Dana, as well as Arema Steelworker and his golems were unable to endure the light. However, the Chi Pauls were able to endure purely through their desire for revenge and used this opportunity to strike.
'An ability, which borders on an authority, that allows them to ignore everything else in the pursuit of their revenge... It's like the Joker karma. There was meaning behind their cla.s.s after all.'
Lee s.h.i.+n Woo felt like he'd understood just how frightening the 'Avenger' cla.s.s was.
He remembered how badly they wanted to take revenge on Arema and thought, 'perhaps this was the most desirable outcome' while also thinking of fatalism, something that didn't suit him at all.
[It's... It's not over yet.]
[We can't let you go so easily.]
This would be the start of their true revenge. The Chi Pauls used their flames to melt the golems bit by bit, cut them apart, and eat them. They ate the clumps of iron with such voracity that they would soon finish their entire bodies.
[W-What are you... What are you doing!? Stop... Stop...!]
[Keuk. Kuhaah...!]
Arema Steelworker cried out. Although his core had been pierced, he endured, perhaps because his core contained his human soul. But in the face of these level 8 enemies, there was nothing he could do; he merely screamed and was forced to just spectate as his golem body was devoured.
”They won't get heavy metal poisoning?”
”That's really not a problem at this point, you think?”
Lee s.h.i.+n Woo tilted his head and muttered. Jin then sighed and retorted. Kratia tried her best to look away, while Dana said 'M-My eyes!', unexpectedly letting out a cute voice while turning round and round in the air.
”...Heot!”
And Prince awoke at the best time. Did she even know how many times she'd avoided death while she lay unconscious? She looked around, and soon pointed at Lee s.h.i.+n Woo and yelled.
”My junior! Give me back my junior!”
”You really are a pain... Mm, you think it's time?”
”It'll probably be ok. ...Probably.”
”What the h.e.l.l are you talking about!?”
Prince gritted her teeth and yelled, seeing how familiarly the Heaven Defying General and Kratia were conversing. Lee s.h.i.+n Woo took off his helmet and instantaneously changed his undead face into his human one. Prince shut her mouth.